Raj Purohit

The UBT Shiv Sena faced a setback in the F North and F South BMC ward committee elections as its candidate Shraddha Jadhav lost despite the Maha Vikas Aghadi's numerical advantage. The Shinde faction's strategy reportedly kept Congress and Samajwadi Party corporators absent, leading to their candidate securing 8 votes against Jadhav's 7.

The BJP in Maharashtra on Saturday issued show cause notice to party MLA Raj Purohit and sought his response within three days over a sting operation video, purportedly showing him making caustic comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah.

Jayneeraj Raj Purohit has bagged an important role in Sony Entertainment Television's Modern Bahoo.

Leader of Opposition in the state legislative assembly Eknath Khadse claimed that former BJP minister Raj Purohit is innocent and that the Cong-led DF govt had falsely implicated him in the Pune ULC case out of political motive.

Raj Purohit, the director of Sixteen, has refuted the allegations by parents of teenagers, that his film has youngsters using inappropriate language.

Six persons who were involved in the burglary at Rudrangi Prakash Jewellers in Begum Bazaar were arrested on Saturday.

Actress Wamiqa developed cold feet over a kissing scene in her debut flick, Sixteen. She is one of the four teens in the film, directed by Raj Purohit.

Office of a BJP MLA from Mumbai was on Friday attacked by a group of persons after a TV channel showed a 'sting' video-clip in which he allegedly ridiculed MNS chief Raj Thackeray, police said.

Ankita Rane, who had captured on camera a paani puri vendor urinating in a utensil last month, lodged a complaint against Raj Purohit.

Robbers snatched away a bag containing 50 lakh cash from an employee of a steel trader after ramming his scooter with their two-wheeler at Afzalgunj on Wednesday night.

VJ Keith Sequeira, who plays the lead in upcoming film 'Sixteen', says the movie is not limited to urban audience only.

From the makers of Tanu Weds Manu, comes Jigariyaa a small budget film with new faces, produced by Vinod Bachchan and directed by Raj Purohit.

BJP MLA from south Mumbai Raj Purohit has demanded that the Gateway of India should be renamed as 'Bharat Dwaar'.

BJP president of Mumbai unit Raj Purohit may come in for trouble for his remarks criticising a girl, whose sting video of a 'paani puri' vendor apparently urinating into a jug kept on his handcart, recently created a stir.

Five persons were arrested by sleuths of Hyderabad Task Force police on Wednesday for robbing a motorist of 50 lakh in Afzalgunj.

After playing the vamp Ganga in Zee TV's show Jhansi Ki Rani, Benaf Patel is all set to enter Chhoti Bahu as Radhika's childhood friend, Barkha.

BJP MLA from Colaba Raj Purohit claimed he has not seen the “secretly-shot controversial” video of him criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah that became viral on social media and was shown on television channels last week

BJP party president Raj Purohit will meet municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte on Tuesday to ask him to revoke the sanction.

The state government is exploring the possibility of appointing its own trustee to the board of Mumbadevi temple, the historic shrine that gives the city its name. The BJP’s Raj Purohit, who is the MLA of the locality, has levelled allegations of corruption and mismanagement against the trust, which in turn has denied his claims.

By circulating a message on social media relishing Raj Purohit’s possible expulsion from the BJP in the wake of a sting operation followed by a by-election in the Colaba assembly constituency, the Shiv Sena has, unwittingly, come to the BJP MLA’s rescue, it is learnt.

A secretly-shot video showing BJP MLA from Colaba Raj Purohit criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah that appeared on the websites of several language channels on Friday left the state BJP red-faced.

After playing the antagonist Ganga in Jhansi Ki Rani, Benaf Patel better known as Baby of Baa Bahoo Aur Baby fame will now enter Chhoti Bahu on Zee TV.

The principal district and sessions court convicted a government textile mill manager in Puducherry and a businessman from Chennai to three years rigourous imprisonment for corrupt practices that led to the loss of Rs 16.64 lakh for the government.

Former BJP minister Raj Purohit got a breather from the Supreme Court on Friday. The apex court stayed a Bombay high court order directing CBI probe and registration of an FIR against him and 16 others in a Pune land scam case.

Director Raj Purohit’s next, Sixteen, a coming-of-age drama of four teenagers, tries to highlight the trials and tribulations of teens without being preachy.

The latest controversies involving legislator Raj Purohit, ministers Vinod Tawde and Pankaja Munde have put on display the deep faultlines in the Maharashtra BJP, say party watchers.